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Medusa did not have such a hideous figure before. She was once one of the candidates for the position of goddess of the Gorgon domain in place of her mother, along with her two sisters. However, they did not fight, but were extremely satisfied and loved each other. The beautiful life went on until one day strangers infiltrated the territory and kidnapped her two sisters.
Hence, Medusa dreamed of saving her dear sisters, going to the Gorgon temple to beg her mother to give her strength instead of eternal life. As a result, she lost her perfect face and body. But now for Medusa, those things no longer mattered. Now, strength is all she cares about.
Medusa is a ranged agility hero. She is an item-dependent carry with the capacity to take out whole teams at once while being shielded by tank-like resilience. Split Shot allows her to hit numerous targets with her attacks, considerably enhancing the damage-dealing potential of damage-dealing items. Mystic Snake gives Medusa a presence in the lane and in skirmishes, and its mana stealing ability offsets some of the cost, making it a great farming and harassing weapon. Mana Shield defends her from teamfights' initial damage, and when combined with gear, it makes killing Medusa a fatally slow process. Stone Gaze is a superb defensive mechanism against both ganks and initiations, devastating those who dare to face the Gorgon.
Ability Builds
Level: 0 1 15 25 30
Health: 200 540 960 1500 1680
Health regen: +0.25 +1.95 +4.05 +6.75 +7.7
Mana: 75 351 915 1467 1695
Mana regen: +0 +1.15 +3.53 +5.83 +6.78
Armor: -1 2.67 10.6 18.27 21.43
Damage Block: -
Magic Resistance: 25%
Status Resistance: 0%
Damage: 26‒32 48‒54 95‒101 141‒147 160‒166
Attack Rate: 0.59/s 0.72/s 1/s 1.27/s 1.38/s
Attack Range: 600 (800)
Attack Speed: 100 (1.7s BAT)
Attack Animation: 0.5+0.6
Projectile Speed: 1200
Movement Speed: 275
Turn Rate: 0.6
Collision Size: 24
Vision Range: 1800 • 800
Legs: 0
Gib Type: Default
Ability Upgrades:
- Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter;
- Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Talents
Tips & Tactics
General
How to play Medusa Dota 2, the most important thing is that you have to upgrade skills in a certain order. First, raise the max level for Mystic Snake to minimize mana consumption, followed by Manashield to avoid being killed too early during ganks. And finally Split Shot at the remaining points and Ulti in each level.
Abilities
Split Shot
Cast Animation: 0+0
Secondary Arrows Range Bonus: 150
Bonus Attack Targets: 4
Outgoing Damage: 50%/60%/70%/80%
Effect: Medusa divides her arrow into numerous shafts using her sorcery. These arrows do a fraction of the damage that her usual arrows do. Other attack effects will not be applied to the extra targets (such as critical strike).
Mystic Snake
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.67
Cast Range: 700
Bounce Radius: 450
Number of Bounces: 3/4/5/6
Base Damage: 80/120/160/200
Damage Increase per Bounce: 35%
Max Mana as Mana Restored: 11%/14%/17%/20%
Move Speed Slow: 30%
Turn Rate Slow: 50%
Slow Duration: 3
Effect: A magical energy snake leaps from target to target, inflicting damage. It returns to Medusa after reaching its final victim to refill her mana. The snake inflicts greater damage every jump and restores 11 percent/14 percent/17 percent/20 percent mana dependent on the total mana of the targets.
Mana Shield
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.67
Cast Range: 700
Bounce Radius: 450
Number of Bounces: 3/4/5/6
Base Damage: 80/120/160/200
Damage Increase per Bounce: 35%
Effect: In return for Medusa's mana, creates a shield that absorbs 70% of incoming damage. Increases your mana capacity.
Cold Blooded
Effect: A single-target Mystic Snake is sent back towards the enemy when Medusa is targeted by a spell. Cooldown: 12 minutes
Stone Gaze
Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5
Radius: 1200
Facing Angle: 85°
Self Move Speed Bonus: 50%
Enemy Move Speed Slow: 35%
Effect: The movement and attack speed of any opponent units gazing at Medusa will be slowed. If a unit spends more than 2 seconds staring at Medusa while Stone Gaze is active, it will turn to stone. Units that have been petrified are shocked and incur additional physical damage.